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Message: [QUOTE="Roger G, post: 2315688, member: 7083"] I worked for about a year at the Pacific Stock Exchange in San Francisco. During that period was Black Monday, which scared the bejesus out of me. My boss remained calm, I remember. It was an interesting experience. My father has always been deathly afraid of investing in the stock market, since my grandfather had lost all of his investments in the crash of '29. I was afraid he was right. Fortunately, we bounced back and have risen and risen and risen and overcome the setbacks time and again. It seems so chaotic and frenetic watching traders yell out bids on the floor, but it is a great example of capitalism in action and how prices are set in a market economy. It would be well for us all to have some understanding of markets and how they function. Educating students in the workings of the market as part of a high school curriculum would serve us well. [/QUOTE]